Bicycle luggage-carrier



Patented May 9,1899.

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(Applicafion filed Jan. 17, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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"NITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

' VIRGIL L. MOORE, OF SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA.

BICYCLE LUGGAG E-CARR|ER.-

SIPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 624,669, dated May 9,1899-.

Application filed January 17, 1899. Serial No. 702M441. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL L. Moons, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Rafael, county of Marin, State of California,

have invented an Improvement in Bicycle Luggage-Carriers; and I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

My invention relates to a luggage-carrier which is especially designedfor use upon bicycles.

It consists, essentially, of a flexible netting, a rectangular frame, towhich the upper edge of the netting is secured, the lower portion beingclosed, a bar having curved hooks, and loops adapted to engage thehandle-bar and the vertical steering-post ofthe machine, so as to secureit thereto, said bar having loops formed in its ends, which are engagedby corresponding loops or links in the net-carrying bar, whereby thelatter is allowed to fold and automatically adjust itself with relationto the frame of the machine and to anyload which may be placed in it.

The invention also consists'in a means for securing the central "link tothe steering-post and in details of construction, which will be morefully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a view showing the application of my device to the bicyclehandle-bar and fully opened out. Fig. 2 shows the frame only with itsattachments. The dotted lines show it folded and out of use.

A is a rectangular frame, preferably made by bending a sufficientlyrigid wire to form a front and two ends, and at the rear these B is asimilar wire which forms the back of the frame and the attachment to theban dle-bar. This wire has its end bent to form loops 1), which looselyconnect with the loops (1, so that the bar A can turn freely about itsconnection with the bar B. The loops h are formed by bending the Wire Bapproximately at right angles with the bend of the loops 0., thencecarrying the wire upward and forming curved hooks O, which are adaptedto fit over the handle-bar of the machine, and these hooks are Preferably covered with rubber or other flexible coating to prevent marring ofthe bar or rat tling. The center of the bar Bis bent in re- .versecurves, as shown at D, being first carried backward to a depth somewhatgreater than the diameter of the steering-post and then benthorizontally forward, the bight E forming a curvature of such diameteras to fit around the steering-post, and thus prevent any endmovement ofthe bar B after the ends have been put over the handle-bar F, as shown.This cental curve or bight E is also protected with rubber or otherflexible material for the same reason as .previously described.

G is a network, preferably woven of sufficiently stout cords made in themanner of a fish-net and connected with the front and ends of the bar Aand also with the bar B, so as to form an open-work back which dependsfrom these supporting-bars.

- When the device is to be attached to the machine, it is only necessaryto slip the bight E of the bar B over the approximately verticalstandard-post and at the same time spring the bar B so'that the hooks Oat the ends will hook over the handle-bar. The device is then held inplace by the elasticity of the bar B, and when there is nothing in thenet the bar A will swing downwardly by reason of the interlocking loopsat b and will lie closely against the front of the steeringpost andentirely out of the way. Any article placed in the bag will cause thefront of the, bag A to swing forward sufficiently to accommodate it, andif the bag be filled the bar A will stand approximately horizontal andretain the articles which are placed in the net. In some cases it willbe found desirable to secure the bar B to the post by a permanentfastening. I have therefore shown ahook H pivoted to one side of therear portion of the bight E, and the shank of the hook is long enough sothat the hook may be made to engage the other side of the bight behindthe steering-post, thus inclosing the latter and securing the bar Bfirmly in place. This is especially useful in applying the carrier tothat class of machines in which the handlebars are very much droppedfrom the head toward the outer ends, and when thus secured too the outerends of B may be bent downward, so as to be placed in any convenient ordesired position.

I do not claim, broadly, a network or a rigid supporting-frame therefor;but,

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A luggage-carrier consisting of a frame forming the front and twoends, having eyes formed at the rear of the end sections, in combinationwith a bar forming the rear, said bar having eyes loosely engaging thoseof the ing a central bight formed by bending the bar backward andforward upon itself, hooks formed by bending the ends upon themselves sothat hooks will clasp and engage the handle-bar and eyes formed in thebending of said hooks, a front bar approximately parallel with thepreviously-named bar having the ends bent at right angles and loopsformed in said ends engaging the loops in the end of the first-named barwhereby the front bar swings freely in Vertical planes upon the rear oneand automatically adjusts itself to the amount of the luggage carriedand a network of interlaced cords forming a back, the upper edges ofwhich are secured around the front and rear bars.

3. A luggage-carrier consisting of front and rear net-carryin g barshaving their meeting ends swiveled together, hooks formed by bending theends of the rear bar so as to engage the handle-bar, a central bightformed in said rear bar by folding the wire backward and forward uponitself and adapted to engage the steering-post of the machine, and ahook swiveled to one side of the said bight adapted to hook into theother side hehind the steering-post.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

VIRGIL L. MOORE.

